Connexin targeting peptides as inhibitors of voltage- and intracellular Ca2+-triggered Cx43 hemichannel opening

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 75, Issue , 2013, Pages 506-516

  Wang, Nan ^a   De Bock, Marijke ^a   Decrock, Elke ^a   Bol, Mélissa ^a   Gadicherla, Ashish ^a   Bultynck, Geert ^b   Leybaert, Luc ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Channel gating; Connexin hemichannel; Connexin mimetic peptide; Gap junction; Intracellular calcium

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN; CONNEXIN 43; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GAP19 PROTEIN; GAP26 PROTEIN; GAP27 PROTEIN; L2 PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM CURRENT; CHANNEL GATING; CHEMICAL REACTION; GAP JUNCTION; HEMICHANNEL OPENING; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STEADY STATE;

CHANNEL GATING; CONNEXIN HEMICHANNEL; CONNEXIN MIMETIC PEPTIDE; GAP JUNCTION; INTRACELLULAR CALCIUM;

ANIMALS; CONNEXIN 43; HUMANS; ION CHANNELS; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; PEPTIDES;

EID: 84890433663     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: 18737064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2013.08.021     Document Type: Review

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